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Thursday, November 16, 2017

WWE UK Show Launching Early Next Year? Survivor Series 2018 Location Revealed

- WWE sent out the following press release earlier this morning:

LOS ANGELES TO HOST WWE® SURVIVOR SERIES® IN 2018

STAMFORD, Conn., November 16, 2017 – WWE® (NYSE: WWE) today announced that Los Angeles will host Survivor Series® Weekend in 2018 with Survivor Series, Monday Night Raw®, SmackDown® Live and NXT® all taking place at STAPLES Center over four consecutive nights.

2018 Key Dates:

Saturday, November 17 – NXT TakeOver
Sunday, November 18 – Survivor Series
Monday, November 19 – Monday Night Raw
Tuesday, November 20 – SmackDown Live
Additional details about these events, including ticket on sale information and travel packages, will be announced in early 2018.

- Dave Meltzer reported in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE has told talents that they are looking at doing a weekly UK television show starting early next year.

WWE is currently trying to book some buildings as placeholders in case a television deal comes through. They were also looking at several individuals from the tryout held last week in Manchester for the project.

As previously reported, the working title for the UK television show was “King of the Ring.” It remains unknown if they still plan on using that name moving forward. WWE will keep you updated if more information for the UK show becomes available or an announcement is made by the company.

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